The Policeman is a recurring character from Monty Python's Flying Circus portrayed by Graham Chapman. He is a stereotype British copper who wore a black helmet with a badge on it. Not to be confused with The Colonel, he is strange and silly, in the sketches mostly has a different name but same outfit. He also appears in And Now For Something Completely Different, and is normally animated.
Appearances[]
- The Funniest Joke in the World: The Policeman is shown walking into the Scribbler's house, trying to remove the joke from the house. After a few seconds in the house, he runs out laughing hysterically and later dies.
- Police Raid: In this sketch, the Policeman was named "Henry Thatcher" and raided an establishment due to unnamed substances but when a man named Sandy Camp (Idle) asked him what kind of substances he didn't answer and announced he had a guard dog outside
- Crunchy Frog: Working with Mr Eric Praline (Cleese), they tried to stop Mr Milton (Jones) from making gross food that would make people think they were just titles. But while doing this every name for the foods made the Policeman named "Superintendent Parrot" throw up
- Police Station: At a Police Station, the Policeman reads a book and says that Angus Podgorny should have called the police when her husband was being eaten by an alien blancmange, but is proven wrong
- Hell's Grannies: When he sees the Grannies spray-painting 'Make Tea Not Love' he stops them and tells the camera he's had experience with old ladies before, which also appeared in And Now For Something Completely Different
- Silly Voices at The Police Station: A man (Jones) goes to a police station put can't get any help as the policeman can only hear in silly voices and he was named "Sgt. Foster"
- Stonehenge / Mr Attila the Hun: The Policeman and 3 other cops dance around a tied up burglar and one of the officers (Jones) says this is why people give them a bad named around the time Mr Attila the Hun comes to the police station
- Police Constable Pan-Am: In this sketch, the Policeman is named "Pan-Am" and goes to a medicine shop to talk to the Not At All Naughty Chemist (Palin) about how bad his last sketch was, he also says he'll "do him in for heresy" were he responds, "Heresy? Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" but they don't come as the Policeman shuts him up
- Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook: While in a park the Policeman over heard the Hungarian man (Cleese) reading off his dirty phrasebook, he steals the bike of Ken Shabby (Palin) and rides it to the cigar store and arrests Hungarian author (also Palin) and brings him to court, which also appeared in And Now For Something Completely Different